It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange…

Quote by Gilbert Parker

Topics: Friendship Quotes

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue...

There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue...

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are...

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are...

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may...

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may...

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps...

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps...

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.

Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.

Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own,...

Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own,...

Every shot that kills ricochets.

Every shot that kills ricochets.

Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing...

Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing...

She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody...

She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody...

He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.

He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

There is no influence like the influence of habit.

There is no influence like the influence of habit.

Tomorrow is no man's gift.

Tomorrow is no man's gift.

For when a child is born the mother also is born again.

For when a child is born the mother also is born again.

But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying...

But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying...